Suryaprakash Konanuru

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India35 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Serial entrepreneur with three successful startups.
20+ years in the Indian startup ecosystem.
Expert in product innovation and engineering management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur in the B2B SaaS and Education technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-upsStrategyProduct ManagementConsultingLeadershipEngineering ManagementSoftware DevelopmentProject Management

Other Skills

Business ProcessCRMCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Educational TechnologyHealthcareIntegrationInvestingLinuxManagementNetwork AdministrationNetwork ManagementProcess SetupProduct ConceptualizationProduct Definition

About

Suryaprakash Konanuru (Suri) is a serial entrepreneur and technologist. He is currently the CTO of Ideaspring Capital, a venture fund investing in early-stage enterprise product innovation startups. After building compilers and networking software in Wipro Infotech R&D for close to a decade, Suri caught the startup bug in 1999 and co-founded his first startup, Alopa Networks. Suri has been part of the Indian startup ecosystem as an entrepreneur, mentor, advisor, and investor for the last 20+ years. He has co-founded three startups (Alopa Networks, Yos Technologies, and funtoot) across multiple domains such as Networking, Healthcare, and Education, with two exits. He is a running enthusiast and loves travel and photography in his free time.

Experience

Plugin alliance

Executive Committee Member

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Ideaspring capital

CTO

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Investing In Early Stage B2B Product Innovation Startups

InvestingProduct InnovationStart-upsStrategy

Serosoft solutions: a leading educational software company

Advisor

Oct 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 5 mos · Indore · Remote

Funtoot

2 roles

Consulting CTO

Oct 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

Responsible for medium term to long term strategy of the product and
identification of technologies, prototyping as needed.

StrategyPrototypingTechnology IdentificationProduct ManagementConsulting

CTO at funtoot

Jan 2010 – Sep 2014 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Complete ownership of product development and product road map. Responsible for identification of
technology, prototyping of the product idea, product development, team building and process setup. Also responsible for presentation to investors for funding. Helped in building product management, customer support teams.

Product DevelopmentTeam BuildingProcess SetupProduct ManagementLeadership

Tie bangalore

Charter Member

Jan 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 2 mos

Mentoredge, ciie, iim ahmedabad

Mentor

Jul 2010 – Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Part of the panel of mentors under the MentorEdge program run by CIIE-IIM Ahmedabad.

Pes institute of technology

Visiting Faculty

Jan 2010 – Dec 2014 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Yos technologies

Co-founder and Vice President, Engineering

Sep 2006 – Sep 2009 · 3 yrs

Engineering management of company’s product suite consisting of YosCare (a Personal Health Record portal and software), Clinical Record Management software and Hospital Information System. Responsibilities included Product conceptualization, technology identification, prototyping, high level planning and management. Also responsible for setting up internal processes/tools.

C-cor

Sr. Director of Engg.

May 2004 – Aug 2006 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Responsible for Engineering management of MetaServ and MetaProv – company’s flagship workflow and provisioning products based on DOCSIS standards. Led a 50 member engineering team. Responsibilities included product definition, requirements analysis, technical architecture, design specifications and overall release planning and management. Interface with product management, Quality Assurance and operation groups.

Engineering ManagementProduct ConceptualizationTechnology IdentificationProduct Management

Alopa networks inc.

Co-founder and Sr. Director of Engineering

Oct 1999 – May 2004 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Responsible for Engineering management of MetaServ and MetaProv – company’s flagship workflow and provisioning products based on DOCSIS standards. Led a 50 member engineering team. Responsibilities included product definition, requirements analysis, technical architecture, design specifications and overall release planning and management. Interface with product management, Quality Assurance and operation groups.

Engineering ManagementProduct DefinitionRequirements AnalysisProduct Management

Wipro infotech ltd.

3 roles

Technical Manager

Promoted

Jun 1996 – Oct 1999 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Responsible for the design and development of CyberManage, a web based Network Management product suite. I led a team of 20 members involved in the development of the above product suite and customization of these products for clients. The task included design overview, scheduling, quality control, process adherence (ISO 9001, SEI).

Engineering ManagementProduct DefinitionRequirements AnalysisProduct Management

Project Manager, Project Lead

Sep 1994 – Jun 1999 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for building Network Management Group both in terms of team and strategic tools. Led a team of 12 members on various projects for domestic and International clients.

Network ManagementTeam LeadershipSoftware DevelopmentProject Management